- present participle of slink.
slinking
Example Sentences
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The hush-hush raves that require knowing someone and slinking into condemned warehouses have always happened alongside parties thrown by big-name promoters.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
Once, coming down the hillside, I was stopped by a family of coyotes slinking across the trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
Undulating hills slinking off into the misty nothingness of the horizon.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2024
The thought that a virus might be slinking its way through his system ... it was unbearable.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
